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BMS: Sales For Opdivo Are Flying High

 
• By Emily Hayes

Recent approvals for Bristol-Myers Squibb's PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) resulted in accelerated sales in the second half, with rapid adoption in new indications, said CEO Giovanni Caforio at the J.P. Morgan conference in San Francisco this week.

Recent approvals for Bristol-Myers Squibb's PD-1 inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) resulted in accelerated sales in the second half, with rapid adoption in new indications, said CEO Giovanni Caforio at the J.P. Morgan conference in San Francisco this week.

Opdivo, BMS's lead immuno-oncology agent, is approved in 43 countries. It competes directly for share with Merck & Co. Inc.'s...

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